#C8A344#C8A344

#C8A344 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.120 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8A344
RGB	rgb(200, 163, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 66%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 3.25, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 53.01, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0051 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.12 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9620, 38.8934, 10.9754)
Luminance	0.3889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8A344 #4469C8

analogous

#C86144 #C8A344 #ABC844

triadic

#C8A344 #44C8A3 #A344C8

tetradic

#C8A344 #44C861 #4469C8 #C844AB

square

#C8A344 #44C861 #4469C8 #C844AB

split-complementary

#C8A344 #44ABC8 #6144C8

monochromatic

#715A21 #A0802F #C8A344 #D6BA73 #E4D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C8A344 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C8A344 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8A344

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8A344	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8A344	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8a344;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 163, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.120 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbe7c',
    500: '#c8a344',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8a344;
$custom-light: #dcbe7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8a344",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.182,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73119,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8A344

secondary

#97A7D1

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8A344

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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